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You may obtain additional and more up to date scenery Objects as they become available through the [http://fgfsdb.stockill.org/ FlightGear Scenery Database].
You may obtain additional and more up to date scenery Objects as they become available through the [http://fgfsdb.stockill.org/ FlightGear Scenery Database].
=== Getting Aircraft ===
To download additional Aircraft for FlightGear, go to the FlightGear website and navigate to the [http://www.flightgear.org/Downloads/ Downloads] page, then choose [Aircraft Downloads http://www.flightgear.org/Downloads/aircraft/index.shtml].
Once the aircraft package has downloaded, decompress and extract the archived files onto your computer. You may extract to a temporary directory and move them, or extract directly into the Aircraft directory in FlightGear. This is typically
/path/to/flight/gear/data/Aircraft


=== Starting FlightGear ===
=== Starting FlightGear ===
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=== I do not want to compile FlightGear, what can I do? ===
=== Displaying Available Aircraft ===


From the command line:


http://www.flightgear.org/Downloads/
fgfs --show-aircraft


offers precompiled binaries for download and install on a variety of systems. Current platforms are Windows, Linux, Solaris, SGI, Mac OSX and FreeBSD. These are offered as a convienence and availablility may vary over time.
displays a list of available (installed) aircraft.


Note: FlightGear is highly configurable through editable XML files. You are free, and encouraged to, make changes to aircraft flight models and any other feature you wish to change for your personal satisfaction or to share with other FlightGear users. The flight model is not defined in a binary file. It is easy to modify (given enough knowledge). Although the install is binary, most of FlightGear's system is open to configuration through XML files and NASAL scripting.


=== Choosing an Aircraft ===


=== Does FlightGear come with a printed manual? ===
From the command line:


You are invited to read "The Manual" online at:
fgfs --aircraft=foo


http://www.flightgear.org/Docs/getstart/getstart.html
where foo is the name of the folder the aircraft files live in.


or download a PDF for viewing with Acrobar Reader or printing:


http://www.flightgear.org/Docs/getstart/getstart.pdf


"The Manual" is not always up to date with recent development but provides a good start for beginners. Everyone is welcome to contribute to the manual, at least little experience in LaTeX makes the task easier. Please contact the authors of the manual if you would like to add corrections or whole chapters.
=== I do not want to compile FlightGear, what can I do? ===




http://www.flightgear.org/Downloads/


offers precompiled binaries for download and install on a variety of systems. Current platforms are Windows, Linux, Solaris, SGI, Mac OSX and FreeBSD. These are offered as a convienence and availablility may vary over time.


=== How do I select an aircraft? ===
Note: FlightGear is highly configurable through editable XML files. You are free, and encouraged to, make changes to aircraft flight models and any other feature you wish to change for your personal satisfaction or to share with other FlightGear users. The flight model is not defined in a binary file. It is easy to modify (given enough knowledge). Although the install is binary, most of FlightGear's system is open to configuration through XML files and NASAL scripting.


From the command line:


fgfs --aircraft=foo
=== Does FlightGear come with a printed manual? ===


where foo is the name of the folder the aircraft files live in.
You are invited to read "The Manual" online at:


=== How do I find a list of available aircraft? ===
http://www.flightgear.org/Docs/getstart/getstart.html


From the command line:
or download a PDF for viewing with Acrobar Reader or printing:


fgfs --show-aircraft
http://www.flightgear.org/Docs/getstart/getstart.pdf


will print a list of available (installed) aircraft.
"The Manual" is not always up to date with recent development but provides a good start for beginners. Everyone is welcome to contribute to the manual, at least little experience in LaTeX makes the task easier. Please contact the authors of the manual if you would like to add corrections or whole chapters.


=== How do I install downloaded aircraft? ===


Decompress the archive or copy the files into the standard FlightGear /Aircraft folder in the data area. This is typically


/path/to/flight/gear/data/Aircraft




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